Read the excerpt from david foster wallace’s infinite jest. three faces have resolved into place above summer-weight sportcoats and half-windsors across a polished pine conference table shiny with the spidered light of an arizona noon. these are three deans—of admissions, academic affairs, athletic affairs. i do not know which face belongs to whom. which literary device is used in phrases such as “summer-weight sportcoats” and “polished pine”? allusion alliteration irony metaphor

alliteration

Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of a group of words. In "summer-weight sportcoats" the "s" sound is repeated. In "polished pine" the "p" sound is repeated.

Allusion is a reference to another published work. Irony is when the opposite of what is said or expected happens. A metaphor is the comparison between two different things without using like or as. None of these other options are valid.

a personal narrative essay is about a personal experience, so it is usually written in the first person. to maximize its impact, the essay should: be written to have an emotional impact on the reader. include a lot of references to sensory perceptions and hope i